topic Re: Textured wall profiles /grating for solar screens in Modeling

Textured wall profiles /grating for solar screens

Anonymous — Wed, 24 May 2023 11:05:37 GMT

I am working in ArchiCAD 13 on a project with a substantial solar screen. We are spec'ing welded bar grating for this screen and I need to have it represented in it's proper depth to look right-- i.e. a big part of the effect is that it appears more opaque or transparent depending on the angle of view.

I really don't want to have to draw every single bar of the grating in order to make this work. And it doesn't work just to create a custom material, as that would not reflect the change in opacity relating to angle of view.

Does anyone have any tip for this?

Re: Textured wall profiles /grating for solar screens

David Maudlin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:56:49 GMT

moritz391:

Take a look at the object Grid Vertical 15. But be careful, the polygon count can get very high, slowing down model generation.

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David

Re: Textured wall profiles /grating for solar screens

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:09:21 GMT

Thank you for the response David.

Signature modified!

So for a stupid question--where do I find the Grid Vertical object? I have searched online and in my libraries, but am coming up empty.

-Steven

Re: Textured wall profiles /grating for solar screens

Srinivas — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:41:24 GMT

I believe David is mentioning about "Grid Vertical 13" object found under "ArchiCAD Library 13 > Special Construction 13> Basic Shapes 13"